Eye mounting for dolls



March24 1931.. y GRUBMAN 1,797,338

EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Dec. 21, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 anoenlioz March 24; 1931 1.. J. GRUBMAN 1,797,338

EYE MOUNTING FOR DOLLS Filed Dec. 21, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 awoanto'c L601 firzzmaia W K/W 4Q Y drawingg aiid subseqiientl I the SllbjOlIlQClClfiJHlS.

: s re Patented Mar. 24, 193i LEO J. GRUB viAmfoF IBELLE- 1 IABBQRf E YORK v I This invention relates to eye n ountihgs for dolls, and ha'sioiyits primary object p ti PQSfl-to provide an oscillatory eye mounting hav ng'directly connected relatively movable 1 parts {to which the respective eye members are permanently and rigidly secured and means tor lock ng said parts aga nst rela t vemovement to ma ntain the eye members in separated relation and inrocking engage-a inent with suitable internal seats "formed 1111011 the vall structure o fthe doll head.

Itfis a more particular object of the in-' Viention to' 'provide an oscillatory eye moiint ii g fo gd o'lls having hollow glassjeye n em- U bers and improved means for rigidly'andiper "inanently fixing said eye nien bersin'v accurately predetermined relation to each other upon pecediw ts o the m nti 'i tlieieyes to befeasily,

It is also a further ob'fect 'f the invention tjoYpiovide a 'nove'l for n of th e Weighted fram Pendul m whi h mayb i y stampedrtroin' a single sheet of net al to'pror lati e y bendabl P s "includin me ns f r r g ly atta h ng Suit e Weigh i0, theloiv er'end of the pendulum frame.

' It'is a further general objector the="in-. ent on to pro id -e sci lato y moun in for glass eyeswhic l is of enceedingly simple and" inexpensive construction andlenables quickly-and accurately bu-nt l lir tl ni i head ior oscillatory motion relative to the spaced eye openings formed lI-hFOllgh th head Wall. i V I VVith the above-and other objects'inyieW;

the invention consists intlie improved eye,

' mounting for dolls, and in the form; coni thronghout the several i WSr struction' and relative arrangementofits several parts .as will, be hereinafter more fr lly described, illustrated in the. accompany ng the drzmings, wherein I" have illustrated several simple and practical embodiments of the invention, and-inwhich similar reference characters designate cqrres ponding parts sectional "yieiv gure l 1,

a vert c throll eh th a, taken s ibstantiallyon the l ne l 1 ,of Fig. 2,

at o the wall of the "do'll" incorporated inm P Pl i I qQ a o lhad showing onelle nbodiment of my improved Fig. 5 is aview similar to Fig.v 1' taken on the line 5J 5' of .6, showing a modified orm i e evis i '7 Fig. '6 s areai elevation of said n odifi Fig. 7,i s a horizontal seetion taken on the i 1 '77 01 Fi 5";

Fig. Sis a'vieivsi ilarto showingthe relative positions of the parts in applying doll" head wall; and";

Fig. 9 is a horizontal:-sectional' viewshowing another alternative form ofthe invention.

' I Referring in detail to theflrawings and moreparticiilarlytoFigs; 1 tofl thereof, 5 designates the doll 'headfthe front wallof yvlii'ch is provided yvith the usual eye'opcnings" ndicated at 6 appropriately located wvith respect to the nose and other molded features o f the'headstructure;

QUpQI i he i atthe oi terfei dj ot ea' cli' of; the elliptical shaped eye openings; said Wall-is molded with" a thickened interiially fprotriidiiig section 7 ivhichis milled o it on its inner side face to prov de a concave seat indicated at8 which terms a continuation of the eye member re;

ceivi ng' socliet Q iioi'ii e d on the inner sideof thefront wall of theldollhcad at eachofthe eye openings 6;

One of the most important features-of'my present improvements is to provide simple e sdevicetoit's operative position upon the nner side'ofthe'head Wall and a d 'reliable means for accurately settingor V l ,inounting glasseyes offthe movable or OS- oillating type. have herein shown the; eye

p'roper, V designated at '10, in the form. of a; substantially perfect ball or "sphere. t gThese ar'e 'blown frorntheendof a glass tiibe and the pointof severanceor disconnection of the-hollow ballor sphere from theend "of the tube, a short neck or nipple in'clicated at 11 is produced; 'wall 'o'f the glass. ieyeball is not of great thickness and heretofore, it has been necessary to'handle these hollow glass balls with great care in order to prevent breakage thereof. Upon the peripheral surface of the glass ball opposite the point from which the nipple 11 .projects the'iris indicated atlZ is painted,

V In one embodiment of allel side parts 13 and an intermediate part 14 separated along its longitudinal edges from the parts 13, said parts 13 and 14 remaining integrally connected with each other at one of their ends. At such connected ends, the parts 13 are adapted to be bent along the -lines 15 and positioned in a plane at right sections 16. The corresponding end of the central partld is provided with a rectangular head 20 which bent along the line 21 to project between the'ends of the spaced parts 13. This head piece 20 is preferably bowed or curved longitudinally as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and in its initial form is curved as indicated in dotted lines at'QO in said figure so that the opposite side edges of this head piece are spaced from the arms 13, thus with this material.

permitting the ends of the .arms' tobe moved inwardly towards each other.

In attaching thewglass eyeballs 1 0 the mounting, these eyeballs are adaptedto be 7 first arranged in the-sockets 9 of a model head and adjusted to properly position the'centers of theirises 12 of the eyeballs with relation to the respective eye openingsG; I'Vhile the eyeballs are retained in this adjusted position,

the an 'ularl Y extendin sections 17 of the mounting are inserted inwardly through the open necks 11 at the rear sides of the respective eyeballs A cementitious or thermoplastic material indicated at 22 is then poured into the hollow eyeballs to completely fill the same. This material of course, will flow freelyj through the openings 18 and when it becomesset or hard, the extension 17 will bepermanently and immovably interlocked In this manner, the two glasseye members are accurately fixed in predetermined positions upon the spaced parts of the oscillatory mounting with respect to the centers ofthe eye openings in the wall of the doll head.

The sheet metal stamping from which the mounting is formed is further provided at my improved mount ing or setting for the glass eyeballsfI produce by means of a suitablecutting ;die the. sheet metal stamping, seen in Fig. 4 ofth'e drawing-s. This stamping includes the par quickly secured to the movable frame, without necessitating the use of screws, bolts or similar fastenlng means therefor.

In the applicatlon of an eye mounting con-- structed as above described to the doll head having the internal seats 8 formed on the wall. thereof, the upper ends of the side portions 13 of the sheet metal frame are forced inwardly towards each other and the mounting is inserted upwardly through the neck opening of the doll head. The distance between the outer sides of the spaced eye members 10 is then slightly less than the distance between the protrusions or projections 7 on the opposite side walls of the'head so that the eye members may be moved forwardly between these projections and into the sockets 9 in the front wall of the doll head. Pressure on the parts 13 of the mounting is then released so that they spring outwardly to their normal positions, thus urging the spherical surfaces ofthe glass eyeballs at their outer sides into close seating contact with the concave surfaces 8 of the projections 7 on the head wall. By means of pliersor othersuitable tool, the rearwardly projecting head part 20 extending between the upper ends of the parts 13 of the m'ountingmay then be expanded orbent from the dotted line pos'ition'shown n p-Fig. 2 to the full line position shown 1n this figure, whereby the opposite side edges of this head 20 are caused to bear against the opposed lnnerfaces of the side parts 13 of the mounting, thus holding the same positively in separated relation and preventing their inward movement towards each other. In

.this. way, the desired bearing pressure of.

the eye members against the seats 8 may be readily obtained with an absence of such severe frictional resistance aswouldinterfere with the free rocking or oscillating motion of the eye members relative to the walls of the sockets 9.. At the same time, all possibility of the displacement of said eye members relative to the seats 8 by shock or jar so that the entire mounting would be releasedfrom its position is obviated. course, the eye members when thus applied to their operative posltions will be disposed with their respective irises 12 in the same accurate relation to the eye openings 6 of the doll head wall as was attained in their initial adjustment when said eye members were secured to the parts I its rear end and extending between the arms '17 of the mounting in the manner above explained. T V -In Figs. 5 to 8 ofthe drawings, .I:have

shown a slightly ditl'erent formof the inven tion, wherein each of the side parts 13 of the sheet metal mounting is provided at itsupper end with the 'U-shaped portion 27. The. inner opposed arms of these U-shapedHportions 27 extend forwardly in convergent relation to each other as at 28, while the eyeballs 10 are secured tothe other or outer arms 29 of:

said portions 27 as above described The central part 14 of the mounting 1n this construction is provided at its upper end with a relatively long rearwardly projecting angu lar head 30 gradually increasing in width to 28. Preferably, these U-shaped end por- 'tions 27 of the parts 13 are formed with the grooves indicated at 31, and the .oppositeside edges of the head positioned in these. grooves. It .will be apparent from this description that by pressing the upper end of the central-part 14 of the, mounting rearhen released.

wardly, the angular extension or head 30 thereofmay be positioned relative to the arms 28as shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings so that the upper ends of the parts 13 of the 'mounting may spring inwardly to a normal position more or less closely ad acent to each other. The eyeballs 10 carried. by the arms 29'1'nay thusbe readily positioned between the seats 8'on the opposite side wallsof the head, and the pressure ion the part 1i This. part will then spring forwardly towards the front Wall of the doll head'and the tapering head or extension 30 riding in the grooves 31 will act as a wedge,

forcing the upper U-shaped ends of the parts 13 in relatively opposite directions and thus urging the eyeballs laterally into bearing contact with the surfaces of the concave seats.

In Fig. 9 of the drawings, I have illustrated a construction in which the central part 14 of theniounting above describedis omitted and only the parallel side parts provided. These parts-13 are formed at their upper ends with laterally and outwardly extended U-shaped bends 32 upon the free ends of which theeyeballs 10 are secured.

The inner sides of the U-shaped parts 32 are connected by the central bend 33; and'by iressin these 0 osed'inner )ortions of the bands 32 towardseach other, the central bend 33 may be flexed or' held under tension, thus I urging the eyeballs 10 inwardly towards each other from their normal separated positions. Upon the release of such pressure afterthe eyeballs have been engaged in thesockets 9, the centralbend 33 willresume its normal form, thereby expanding the U-shaped portions 32 laterally in opposite directions and urging the outer sides of the eyeball members into rocking contact'with the seats 8.

of. applvi 'F'roinitlwiforegoing description cons dered {in connection -.Wl th the ac ompanying draw-- ings,.it willfbe seen that: l ha e dev sed eve y se vi bleanl easi y peratedm un ing f-O glass eyes for doll which; enab es the QP ratonxtofp-roperly niountfthe eyes: wi l i qth -doll; -,i n a fraction of; thetiine he etofor re,

quiredj secnringtheeyes to the mount?" ingu in; themanner allow-, explained,. great stability is obtained and also the possib lity that he; yes: may be. b oken in t e opera ion the doll headispracticallyprecluded,'

I havelierein shown several practical embodirnent of my. pre t improvemen s; but in the further development thereof it will be understoodthat the essential features ofjtihe device might also be incorporated in other structural forms, and I accord ngly reserve the privil ge-ofre or ing to a l such-leg ti: mate-changes n the form, COIlSfi U El' IL IL orniounting the same W thin.

r at ve ar ng ment o he; several p r s. may be fai lv n od d within the. spi it nd 'as claimed... a

lLm-L Y I havingadditional bendable parts engaged I Withaid W igh member to secure the same,

i fi ed relat on to said. fir t-named narts; 2 lnian oscill tory ye niountingftor dol s,- sta nec sheet metal bla k: ha ing spac PQrtions bendable relative, to each other to provide spaced parallel-side parts,-each of said parts having lateral. extensions at one end b ndable re a ivetheretotolprovide an 1 eye nelnbercarrying arm, and said blank in v eluding an integrally vformedfipart inter-- mediate, of said side parts. having means at one of its ends to cooperate with the latter and: retain, the same in definitelyspaced rela tion to each-other. j k r 13. )In an oscillatory eye mounting for dolls,

"a stamped sheet metal blank having spaced portions bendablerelative to [each other to provide spaced relatively movable parts, each of; said parts having lateralextensions one end bendable relative-thereto to provide an eye member carrying arm said. spaced parts a th i ot r; ends ha i gir ll tively ben a I extensions aapaaxar eng ement. with. a weightmembe'r to retain the same inflated position with respect ftoksaid parts, and said blank includinga part intermediate of said.

side parts having means at one of its ends to cooperate'with the latter and retainthe same in definitely spaced relation to each other.-

lfiAs a new article of 'manufacture, an

oscillatoryeye mounting for dolls comprising a single sheet 'metal structure having spaced relatively yieldable elongated parts provided at one of their ends with angularly bent eye-carrying portions, an independently y-ieldablepart integral with said'spaced parts at the other ends thereof and provided at its ire-eend with means cooperatingwithsaid same to said frame.

spaced parts to prevent'inwardmovement of the latter towards each other.

5. As a new article of manufacture, an oscillatory eye mounting for dolls comprising asingle sheet metal structure having spaced relatively yieldable elongated parts provided at one of their ends with angularlyv bent eyecarrying portions, an independently yieldable part integral with said spaced parts at the other ends thereof and provided at its free end with means cooperating with said spaced parts to prevent inward movement of the latter towards each other, and additional bendable projections at the integrally connected ends ofsaid parts'adapted to engage and secure a pendulum Weight- 'in attached relation thereto. 7 V

'6. In an eye mounting for dolls, an eye carrying frame comprising a unitary sheet metal'structure having spaced parallel parts provided at one of their ends with'substantially U-shapedportions, each having a forwardly projecting laterally oliset terminal,

an eye member fixed uponthe terminal of each of: said U-shaped portions and supported thereby in laterally offset relation from one of said parallel parts, a weight member positioned between the other ends of said parallel parts, andeach of said parts at its latter end having a portion thereof bent inwardly upon the weight membeiyto fixedly secure the same to said sheetmetalframe. i

7. In an eye mounting for dolls, an 'eye carrying frame comprising a unitary sheet metal structure having spaced parallel parts provided at one or their ends with substantially U-shaped portions, each having'a for wardly projecting laterally offset terminal, an eye member fixed upon the terminal of each of said U-shaped portions and supported thereby in laterally ofi'set relation from one of said parallel parts, a U-shapedweight member positioned between the other ends of said parallel parts of the frame, and each of said parts having a portion projecting from one edge thereof inwardly between the arms of said weight member to secure the Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto. 7

' LEO J. GRUBMAN. 

